Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Compassion is the basis of morality.
Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
The cure for pain is in the pain.
The greatest power we have is the power of choice.
Muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone.
I have had good experience and trial of this world...I know what it is to be a subject, what to be a sovereign, what to have good neighbours, and sometimes meet evil willers. I have found treason in trust, seen great benefits little regarded.
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.
One who loses wealth loses much. One who loses a friend loses more. But one who loses courage loses all.
This is something basic to be understood: the ego must come to a peak, it must be strong, it must have attained an integrity only then can you dissolve it.
Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.
We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.
It takes a lot of courage to show your dreams to someone else.
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.
To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them.
He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.
